Immigrant social workers and transnational practices: The example of Latin American living in Switzerland

TitleImmigrant social workers and transnational practices: The example of Latin American living in Switzerland
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsBolzman, C
JournalJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Volume13
Issue3
Number3
Pagination281-301
ISSN1556-2948
Keywordscivic life, immigrant social workers, Latin American, professional life, social policies, social work, transnational practices
Abstract

This article explores how Latin American social workers living in Switzerland develop transnational practices in their professional and civic life. It focuses more particularly on the forms of support that these migrants provide to their societies of origin or to their immigrant compatriots through the activities they carry out either through their job, through their extra-professional commitments, or by combining these two dimensions of their existence. From interviews with 17 Latin American social workers, a typology of four forms of transnational commitment is suggested: local social work and transnational civic activity, professional transnationalism, transnational alternative professional exchanges, and “glocal” social work.

DOI10.1080/15562948.2015.1063745
Refereed DesignationRefereed